Michel Hennebert

Michel Hennebert (c. 1758-1793) was a politician of the French Republic. He was poisoned by Deputy of the Assembly Antoine Gerard in 1793.

Biography
Michel Hennebert was a member of the National Convention of the French Republic who was in his thirties at the time that he voted to spare King Louis XVI of France from execution in January 1793. He endured many death threats since the vote, but invited his political opponent Antoine Gerard and his wife Madeleine Gerard to dinner one day at the request of Deputy of the Assembly Olivier Gedet. During the meal, he drank the wine with the other guests, but he suffered a hemorrhage and fell dead on his dining room table. His death was investigated by Arno Dorian, who turned Gerard in to Chief of Police Charles Cochon de Lapparent.